realfunster

Hold your horses now, I'm not having this Chinese cuisine is the best in the world nonsense...

Have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant in Thailand serving vaguely authentic Chinese food ? Average at best and at times bizarre in terms of ingredients. Westernised cantonese style food is more palatable. I do like that. 

Any cuisine (looking at you Asia) whose main culinary repertoire is chucking something into a wok with a ton of oil for a flash fry (even if it tastes good) is struggling to be taken seriously in a gastronomical sense. 

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Prawit going to be put up against Pita according to PTP next round, says Khaosod. It's a marvel to watch Mr. T at work. He's almost back in the saddle again. 

 https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1679763656471609344

 

OK - ignore my post above. Permission to panic granted. 

Before everyone gets their knickers in a twist, this was just the first vote and Pita was not far off.

I am sure some back room discussions and in particular, resolving one particular concern might see him through in the next round.

Time to panic is if the 2nd vote fails, as I think he would have no choice but to step aside for another candidate.

5 hours ago, h90 said:

it would be massive undemocratic....and someone get funny with 50, while others are mentally fully fit with 95. You would need to do a test.

That’s a reasonable suggestion. 

Not that the private sector is necessarily the fountain of all knowledge and wisdom but I reckon you’d be hard pressed to find many FTSE or SPX CEOs over the age of 70, aside from purely age related factors, the world does move on and at an ever increasing pace. 

Ah, the "Pride of Thailand" showing their unpleasant underbelly again.

28 minutes ago, djayz said:

What century are you living in? It is simply unacceptable in this day and age to expect an eight month pregnant woman to work. Her well-being, and the well-being of her unborn child, is much more important. 

Is she not allowed to take some of her 98 days maternity leave under Thai Labour Law pre-natal if she chooses ?

38 minutes ago, WHansen said:

Joking aside.....it wouldn't surprise me if he tested positive for Yaba or Amphetamine

Could well be, or could just be Thailand's indifference to and lack of budget for mental health treatment rearing it's head again.

Without wanting to be too unkind to the gentleman, one day the pitbulls will fight back which might encourage a change in behaviour.....

9 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why not?  They're very effective.

True. However, also very effective at catching tree shrews, squirrels, tokays, geckos and birds.

I should clarify, I can’t put traps deep into my roof space, so my traps are ‘outside’ to an extent, around the suspected roof space entry points. 

I catch quite a few of the first two critters mentioned in my cage traps but I can release them unharmed.  Belying their cutesy appearance, tree shrews are evil little sods, quite vicious when caught, they hiss and spit like an angry tom cat. Squirrels are normally pretty chill about it all.  

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He was last seen as he left the house with a long gun and bird trapping equipment.

I know, let me headline this riveting news story  as a 'bird watching' expedition.

Said no journalist, with a brain, ever. 

As we have only just started the rainy season, these numbers are presumably not a surprise as water reserves will have become depleted over the dry season from November-May.

Or am I missing something ?

Looking ahead, I see a dry July is forecast (El Nino) but assuming the ‘main’ rainy season of August-October is relatively normal, that should be manageable. 

On 6/12/2023 at 10:16 AM, IvorBiggun2 said:

Sez a person who has never experienced owning one. You know nothing.

 

 

 

An appeal to authority based on your personal ownership experience. Of course, some will have had a different experience and some will not be as skilled or dedicated an owner as you, which obviously poses a threat to public safety (refer below).

You're right, many of us haven't owned pitties, but we can read and assess statistics. These statistics are cold, hard facts not blurred by emotional connection or personal experiences.

From the below lists, I make it 27/41 of 2020 and 26/43 of 2021 US dog fatalities involving Pit Bulls/crosses. A single breed is responsible for over 60% of incidents and for these 2 years alone, 53 people in the US would highly likely still be walking around enjoying life if there were no such thing as pitbulls.

A sobering thought... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Fatal dog attacks in the United States cause the deaths,attacks appears to be increasing.

I understand the refractive properties of water but from the picture, which appears to show the 'deep' end, that doesn't look very deep at all and he was with company. I wonder if something is lost in translation here and there were other medical problems involved, rather than a drowning ?

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The victims claim that now, Som Priao lives a comfortable life, dressing in expensive designer clothes, a stark contrast to her previous shopping habits of requesting credit for 500 baht (US$15) purchases.

Exactly the kind of person I would be racing to invest THB 300k with - what could possibly go wrong ?

24 minutes ago, Rotweiler said:

Solar light.  Large one.

Correct. Also called a UFO light by some due to its distinctive saucer-like appearance.

Not an engineer but if the wind gets up during a rainy season storm, not sure that "construction" is going to survive ?

Actually filling the concrete ring all the way to the top with cement for the base support might have been a better idea....